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bitten

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English

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Etymology

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Morphologically bit +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bitten

  1. past participle of bite
    My dog has never bitten anyone before.

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Dutch

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Noun

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bitten

  1. plural of bit

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bitten, from Old High German bitten, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną. Compare Low German bidden, Dutch bidden, English bid, Danish bede.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bitten (class 5 strong, third-person singular present bittet, past tense bat, past participle gebeten, past subjunctive bäte, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to ask, to beg, to plead, to request [(optional) with accusative or bei (+ dative) ‘someone’, along with um (+ accusative) ‘for something, e.g. help, understanding, pardon, the next dance, etc.’; or (dated) with accusative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘for something’; or with accusative ‘someone’, along with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that someone do something’]
    Wir lieben euch–Entschuldigt–Wir bitten um Verzeihung–Vielen Dank
    We love you. We are sorry. We plead for your pardon. Many thanks.
  2. (transitive) to ask, to invite [with accusative ‘someone’, along with auf (+ accusative) ‘to something, e.g. (to have) a glass of wine’ or zu (+ dative) ‘to something, e.g. to dinner, to the table, etc.’ or in (+ accusative) ‘somewhere, e.g. (to come) into a room’]
    auf ein Bier bittento invite (someone) to have a beer
    ins Zimmer bittento invite (someone) to come in (literally, “to invite (someone) into a room”)
    zu Tisch bittento invite (someone) to the table

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Further reading

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  • bitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bitten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bitten” in Duden online
  • bitten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, whence also Old Saxon biddian, Old English biddan, Old Norse biðja, Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bidjan).

Verb

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bitten

  1. to ask

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: bitten

Turkish

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Noun

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bitten

  1. ablative singular of bit